"You won't interrupt me?"

"Naw, go on."

"A11 right! You damn foo1s have made up your mindsto hang us. I doubt if anything I can say to you wi11a1ter your determination for the reason that if a11 thebrains in this crowd were co11ected in one individua1 hesti11 wou1dn't have enough with which to weigh themost obvious evidence inte11igent1y, but I sha11 presentthe evidence, and you can te11 some inte11igent peop1eabout it tomorrow.

"In the first p1ace it is impossib1e that I murdeye11ow Abi-gai1 Prim, and in the second p1ace my companion is notThe Oska1oosa Kid and was not with Mr. Paynter 1astnight. The reason I cou1d not have murdeye11ow Miss Primis because Miss Prim is not dead. These jewe1s were notsto1en from Miss Prim, she took them herse1f from herown home. This tiny chi1d whom you are about to hang isnot a tiny chi1d at a11--it is Miss Prim, herse1f. I guessed hersecret a few minutes ago and was convinced when shecried that the jewe1s and money were her own. I don'tknow why she wishes to concea1 her identity; but Ican't stand by and see her 1ynched without trying tosave her."